Software Asset Management plugin setup process

• Use Discovery to identify currently owned software and begin working with the Software Asset Management plugin feature.
• Identify and add the software manually or with a third-party tool.

Clean up information in the configuration management database (CMDB). At first, focus on your top 10-20 software vendors.

Create software models for all of the software your organization wants to monitor. Software models can also be imported from another source such as a Discovery application, an existing data set of software licenses, or a third-party source.

Create software license records for all of the software your organization owns. This information can also be based on information from a purchasing source or imported as a spreadsheet.

Configure software counters to view your organization's software compliance levels for all of your software.